Category: Bucks County Intermediate Unit

Preschooler getting individual support services in preparation of moving up to Kindergarten.

Collaboration is Key to the Bucks IU Preschool Early Intervention Kindergarten Transition Process

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Each year, approx­i­mate­ly 4,000 stu­dents receive Preschool Early Intervention (PEI) ser­vices from the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) at loca­tions across the coun­ty. The Bucks IU’s PEI ser­vices are specif­i­cal­ly tai­lored to help preschool­ers max­i­mize their growth and devel­op­men­tal gains before start­ing kinder­garten. Of these … Read more...

Mobile Fab Lab Coordinator, Matthew Hayden, introduces Finch robots to the class and is showing them how they will be able to code the robots to move. Photo Credit: Pennridge School District

Bucks IU Fab Lab Awarded $450,000 PAsmart Grant for Mobile Fab Lab Expansion

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) Fab Lab is the proud recip­i­ent of a $450,000 PAsmart Innovation Grant to expand its incred­i­bly suc­cess­ful Mobile Fab Lab pro­gram. PAsmart grants are intend­ed to expand access to com­put­er sci­ence and sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, engi­neer­ing, and math (STEM) edu­ca­tion for … Read more...

FablLab center ribbon cutting ceremony

The Bucks IU Celebrates the Grand Opening
of the New Fab Lab Center

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) is very excit­ed to open a learn­ing cen­ter designed and ded­i­cat­ed to sup­port the grow­ing inter­est in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) activ­i­ties in Bucks County. The Fab Lab (Fabrication Laboratory) Center is a bright, invit­ing space cen­tral­ly locat­ed at … Read more...

Bucks IU at Pearl S Buck school main entrance

Bucks IU Expands Services with the Opening of theBucks IU at Pearl S. Buck

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

To meet the grow­ing demand for spe­cial­ized stu­dent ser­vices, on Friday, September 5, 2025, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) offi­cial­ly opened new pro­grams in the for­mer Pearl S. Buck Elementary School, on Top Road in Levittown, PA. This expan­sion reflects the Bucks IU’s ongo­ing com­mit­ment … Read more...

Sun with the words Summer Camp and the Fab Lab Center logo

A Different Kind of Summer Camp at the Fab Lab Center

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

When peo­ple think ‘sum­mer camp’ they think out­door sports and activ­i­ties, swim­ming, tents, and camp­fires. However, the great out­doors isn’t the ide­al sum­mer expe­ri­ence for every­one. The Fab Lab Center is offer­ing 10 dif­fer­ent sum­mer camp themes that include all the fun, friends, and FABulous mem­o­ries of tra­di­tion­al sum­mer camps … Read more...

Students work an assembly line to colect itemms for each stocking

2,330 Stockings Completed by Students of the Bucks IU at Samuel Everitt in Their 6th Annual Stockings for Soldiers Program

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Neither rain nor sleet nor lim­i­ta­tions due to a pan­dem­ic will keep the stu­dents of the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) at Samuel Everitt from com­plet­ing their annu­al Stockings for Soldiers pro­gram.  In this 6th year, dona­tions of the var­i­ous items to put into the stock­ings, as … Read more...